Collar-button and cravat-fastener



(No Model.)

3. WILLIAMS. COLLAR BUTTON AND URAVAT FASTENER- Patented May 28, 1882.

UNITED STATES ATEN'I Fries.

SYLVESTER M. WILLIAMS, or SAN FRANCISCO, onmronum.

COLLAR-BUTTON AND CRAVAT- FASTE'NER.

LSPEGIFIGAI'ION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,336, dated May23, 1882.

Application filed March as, 1882. (No model.)

, To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SYLVESTER M. WIL-LIAMS, of San Francisco, county of San Francisco, State of California,have invented an Improved Combined Collar-Button and Oravat Attachment;and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof.

My invention relates to a combined collarbutton and cravat attachment;and it con sists in a peculiarly-constructed button having a flat headand a wide thin shank provided with a hole, said shank being adapted topass through the button-hole in the shirt, through the holes in thecollar, and into a slot or aperture in the back stiffening of the cravator scarf, and to engage with a peculiar spring upon the other side ofthe stiffening, whereby 'itfis held in the shirt and the cravatsupported.

The object of my invention is to provide aready means for attaching andsupporting the cravat to the shirt, and at the same time to fasten thecollar, all of which will hereinafter fully appear, reference being madeto the accompanying drawings.

Figure lis a view of a shirt-band. Fig. 2 is aview of a collara Fig.3shows front and back View of the button. Fig. 4 shows the shape of metalfor making the button. Fig.5 shows the manner of forming the button.Figs. 6 and 7 are front and back views of the fastening device on thecravat.

Let A represent a portion of a shirt-front, showing the collar-band,with the usual front button-hole, a.

B represents the collar, showing its ends with their button-holes b. V

0 represents the collar-button. This consists of a fiat head or disk anda thin wide shank, c, in which is a hole, 0. This button, for the sakeof economy, I make from a strip of metal of the shape shown in Fig. 4.This strip is cut out bya die, and is bent at the middle, the roundedends being turned at right angles and forming the head of the button,while the central portion of the strip forms the shank. The small cars mat one end of the strip fold over into notches m at the other end, andthus hold the two sides together. The button thus made is cheap andefiective, and

may be easily inserted without danger of tearing the button-holes.

Let D represent the back stiifening of a eta vat, such as is usuallyfound in scarfs. At the top center, upon the back of it, is a smallplate, 01, havinga slot or aperture, d, which extends through thestiffening.

Upon the front side of the stiffening is a plate, E, having a verticalguide-socket, 0, above and below the slot d.

F is a spring-wire, one end of which is sharpened and extends outwardly,forming a pin. It extends upwardly through a guide-socket in the plateE, and thence curves around and passes a little above the top edge ofthe stiffener, which is cut away a little to allow it to be presseddown, thence downwardlythrough a guide, and to one side and upwardlythrough theguide-soeketeandacrosstheslotd. Itseud is beveled to allowthe button to be pressed in.

By pressing down the top of the spring F, which passes above the cravatfor this purpose, its end is pressed downward in the guidesocket 0,having the slot (1 free and open. The cravat being held in position infront of the shirt, the shank of the collar-button is passed from behindthrough the shirt-hole, collarholes, and through the slot d. The springF, after the shank passes, rises in the socket e and passes through thehole cin the shank of the button. This engagement of the button andspring holds the button in place, thus securing the collar, and alsofurnishes a support for the cravat.

To remove the cravat, the spring is pressed down on top and the buttonreleased, when the cravat may be slipped off.

The sharpened end of the spring F serves the same purpose as the pinupon ordinary scarfs when for any reason a band is passed about theneck.

The device is simple and is not likely to get out of order. Thereadiness with which it can be inserted and removed and the security itaffords are its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. The collar-button and necktie-fastener having the button 0, providedwith an apertured flat shank, 0, combined with the spring F, having anL-shaped arm, and the plate E, having a central slot, and above andbelow said slot a guide-socket, e, substantially as and 3. Thecollar-button O, constructed ofa piece or strip of metal having roundedends and ears m, and notches m, said strip being folded at the middle,its body forming the flat wide shank c, in which a hole, 0, is punched,and its rounded ends turned at right angles, forming the head of saidbutton, substantially as here- 20 in described.

In witness whereof I hereto set my hand. SYLVESTER M. WILLIAMS.Witnesses:

G. D. COLE, J. H. BLOOD.

